The Baltimore Orioles are scouting starting pitchers Ted Lilly, Aaron Harang and Chris Capuano of the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to MASN.com.

The Orioles used 12 starters last season and had only one starter with a double-digit win total (Wei-Yin Chen went 12-11). They did very little to upgrade their rotation this offseason, adding only Jair Jurrjens in free agency.

Baltimore’s rotation this season should include Chen, Jason Hammel, Chris Tillman and Miguel Gonzalez, with Brian Matusz, Jake Arrieta, Zach Britton and Jurrjens competing for the fifth spot. Prized prospect Dylan Bundy will anchor this unit in the future but likely will begin the 2013 season at Class AAA.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers have a serious rotation surplus. With their starting five projected to be Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Josh Beckett, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Chad Billingsley, Lilly, Capuano and Harang all are trade bait.

The alternative would be to use that trio in relief and as insurance. Billingsley, for example, is attempting to return from an elbow injury that he chose to rehab rather than have surgically repaired during the offseason.